Man killed, toddler injured in gang-related shooting

Updated 2:30 am, Thursday, November 8, 2012

Joe Richard Santos, 30, was killed and a 3-year-old girl was injured in a shooting on the West Side early Wednesday.

Joe Richard Santos, 30, was killed and a 3-year-old girl was injured in a shooting on the West Side early Wednesday.

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Man killed, toddler injured in gang-related shooting

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A man was killed and a toddler was injured in a gang-related shooting on the West Side early this morning, officials said.

Around 1:15 a.m., San Antonio police were called to the 200 block of Remolino for a shooting in progress.

At the scene, officers found Joe Richard Santos, 30, lying on the street, surrounded by people. He had been shot several times, according to the report: in the chest, arm and both legs. Also shot was Jaylyn Vasquez, 3, who apparently had been grazed in the wrist by a bullet.

Witnesses told police that a man, described as being bald and wearing a black short-sleeved shirt, pulled up to Santos' home in a Chevrolet Malibu and opened fire. Several people nearby took cover, they told police, but bullets struck Santos, Jaylyn and a vehicle parked near the home, before the shooter drove away.

Both victims were taken to University Hospital, where a doctor pronounced Santos dead about an hour later. Jaylyn's condition was not immediately available.

Police are looking for a 2000- to 2002-model Chevrolet Malibu, and according to the report, officers deemed the shooting was gang-related.